Find my bunch of brats in the answers to these clues. They're all pretty IMPish.

-1. stalemate (7)-2. be thrifty (6)-3. facilitate (8)-4. kettledrums (7)-5. this flower (9) Gail ingeniously said "impatiens" before I even posted a picture which fits the original clue. What does this picture actually show? There's a famous scarlet one-6. a low intermittent sob (7)-7. showing great emotion (11)-8. characteristic of Vlad and the Shrike bird (7)-9. images on a double exposure for example (11)-10. compress into small folds or ridges (5)-11. without doubt or question (8)

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Gail, great answer! Sorry I didn't have the actual picture posted. I hate when I do that. I accepted your answer but am leaving this open for you or anyone else that wants to answer what the picture shows.

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